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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Four, College—The Ghost of False Hope.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mel describe his mother?
(a) Very religious but tolerant of other beliefs.
(b) Wise and assertive.
(c) Strong but passive.
(d) She wore the pants in the family.

2. Whose symbolic child does Mel consider himself to be?
(a) No particular group.
(b) The Religious Right.
(c) The Hippies of the sixties.
(d) The Radical Left.

3. Where does Mel go after he and Lyla become engaged?
(a) A national church choir tour.
(b) To Washington, D. C. to march for civil rights for blacks.
(c) To San Francisco to learn more about gay men.
(d) Back home.

4. How old is Mel White when he hears a young seminarian preach at a church camp?
(a) 8.
(b) 16.
(c) 12.
(d) 10.

5. How does Mel feel when Lyla asks him to dance?
(a) He feels sinful.
(b) He is self conscious.
(c) He feels trapped.
(d) He has fun.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Jeffrey eventually?

2. What does Mel regret about his time during the civil rights era?

3. What does Mel say about Karen K. in retrospect?

4. What does Mel worry would happen in the locker room?

5. What is one reason that Mel finds for which Sodom was not destroyed?

(see the answer key)

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